When food does not cross borders, hunger does. Politicians and experts meet in Rome this week at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization to address "How to Feed the World in 2050, building up to World Food Day on Friday. But famine looms right now (...)
Agriculture ministers from the Group of Eight (G-8) and major developing nations claimed this week in Italy they were ready to fight food insecurity by cracking down on speculation. This might make politicians feel good but the evidence shows that (...)